The ‘Grok will publish letters to the editor (op-eds), event announcements, and press releases, even when they might promote ideas or issues we may not entirely agree with. There is a line, but as regards these formats, it is fuzzier, and we prefer to let readers judge and fisk rather than make arbitrary decisions about the value or the details.
In the case of a recent request by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), there was no way I was sharing it without comment. Not because it was from the MPP. I do not oppose their mission as a whole. Marijuana use comes with issues, but so then does alcohol. My problem with the former is the State using it to amass power and resources (money) to crush us in other ways. State involvement should be as limited as is practical to protect liberty. The MPP press release in question is a voter guide and while it does not endorse specifically, it does “grade” candidates based on their stated positions (or voting records) on making pot legal and accessible.
The first two candidates listed are green (as in good on the single issue of marijuana), and they are Democrats Joyce Craig and Cinde Warmington. On the Republican side (in the race for governor) Frank Staples and Shaun Fife are also green, but neither is viable. It is not their fault. Ayotte and Morse will suck 95% or more of the primary vote air out of any room, and MMP flags both as red (bad) when it comes to legal weed. If this is the only issue that matters to you, the choice is someone who can’t win or a budding Marxists, and that’s the problem.
Both Warmington and Craig are a threat to liberty, property, and prosperity. New Hampshire, under the jackboot of Demcorat policy preferences would quickly become ubiquitous with the rest of New England. Our advantage sacrificed to the dark gods of progressive policy. The idea that pro-pot voters would accept this in exchange for legal weed seems ludicrous, but it has long been a feature of single-issue advocacy on both sides. We want what we want, and to hell with the rest of it. I was prepared to publish it but decided this instance would require a preface.
I’m sorry but legal weed is not worth that price. You are welcome, even encouraged, to disagree.
